Monday, July 30, 2012
The possible abduction of Evansdale cousins is a painful reminder of the day a West Des Moines newspaper carrier disappeared. Noreen Gosch remembers her loss from three decades ago, a case that remains unsolved.
The mother of an Iowa boy missing since 1982 said she got a “sickening feeling” in the pit of her stomach when she heard news that two eastern Iowa girls had vanished while riding their bicycles, a pursuit as iconic as youths delivering the morning newspaper once was. The news was salt in a wound that has never healed for Noreen Gosch, whose son Johnny’s abduction while delivering the Sunday paper in his West Des Moines neighborhood 30 years ago remains unsolved. She said she knew the girls' disapperance was “a kidnapping right off the bat.” And Gosch knew it would forever alter the lives of the families of Evansdale cousins Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, just as then 12-year-old Johnny’s disappearance on Sept. 5, 1982…
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Also, a Johnston school board member charges state campaign laws were violated and Waukee authorities ask residents to conserve water as Drought 2012 drags on.
Why nine? Because the Patch community includes nine sites in Iowa: Ankeny, Ames, Cedar Falls, Iowa City, Johnston, Marion, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines. 9. After spending a year of military service in Afghanistan, Luke Jensen of Ames was treated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The symptoms were so debilitating that after a night of drinking he swallowed all the medication he had. Now he's shared his story at a seminar for Iowa veterans and their families affected by PTSD. 8. Summer basketball kept Hawkeye fans entertained in Iowa City recently. Anthony Clemmons scored 30 points on a big second half, propelling his team to a 113-102 victory in the Primetime League Championship last week. 7. Urbandale authorities take door-to-…
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, have been missing since July 13.
Dan Morrissey, the father of Lyric Cook-Morrisey, appeared in Black Hawk County District Court Friday. His appearance was unrelated to the disappearance of Lyric, 10, or her cousin, Elizabeth Collins, 8, of Evansdale. They have been missing since July 13. Morrissey, 36, is being held for trial in four cases, three related to drug charges, including manufacturing and dealing methamphetamines. He is also charged with assault against his estranged wife, Misty Morrissey, Lyric's mother. A trial date had been set for Tuesday, but District Court Judge Andrea Dryer rescheduled that today, possibly for August 28, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported . She said Morrissey could have more time to prepare for the trial, given the situation of …
Friday, July 27, 2012
Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, have been missing since July 13.
The Black Hawk County Attorney's office has issued a subpoena to TV news station KWWL, asking for any raw, unedited video interviews with family members of missing Evansdale cousins Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10. The request is for footage of interviews with Lyric Cook-Morrissey's mother Misty Cook-Morrissey or grandmother Wylma Cook that took place on July 19 or July 20. KWWL interviewed the two women a day after they said they had obtained an attorney due to what they described as harsh interrogation by authorities investigating the case, who reportedly accused them of kidnapping the girls. At the time, they said they would not speak with the authorities. Since then, however, an FBI spokesperson has said …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, have been missing since July 13.
Surveillance video footage shows missing Evansdale cousins Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, on their bikes the day they disappeared less than two weeks ago. The girls have been missing since July 13, and the FBI has classified their disappearance an abduction. The footage shows the girls riding away from Meyer Lake at 12:11 p.m. They were last seen riding their bikes from their grandmother's home at about 12 p.m. Their bikes were found near the lake later that afternoon. You can watch the video here. A $50,000 award has been offered for anyone who can provide information leading to the recovery of the cousins. Anyone with any information should call the tip line at (319) 232-6682.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office released a statement saying they are sending evidence to the Criminal Investigation Lab in Ankeny. Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, who have been missing since July 13.
Authorities are now offering a $50,000 reward to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the disappearance of two Evansdale girls. Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, who are cousins from Evansdale, have been missing since July 13. The case is now being handled as an abduction, according to a press briefing from Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office today. "It is being called an abduction because those girls are not in that lake," said Rick Abben, from the Black Hawk County Sheriff's department. "Since we can’t find them, and they’re not in the lake, we’re calling it an abduction." Officials are sending evidence to the Division of Criminal Investigation labs in Ankeny. They didn't say what …
Maria Houser Conzemius
11:43 am on Monday, July 30, 2012
I still remember Johnny Gosch and the little Martin boy, too. My son was a paperboy at age 10 and saved up enough money for a racing bike, a bike that was stolen in Iowa City not long ago. When I delivered newspapers, I got the feeling at Town & Campus Apartments on Arthur Street in southeastern Iowa City that I was being stalked and quit that paper route. I also saw a cocaine-addicted client … more ›